Detection of rogue software applications

a software application and detection technology, applied in the field of computer security, can solve the problems that anti-virus and/or malware-detection applications may not adequately protect users, and potentially rogue software is detected, so as to avoid installation

Active Publication Date: 2014-11-06
AVAST SOFTWARE
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Benefits of technology

Effectively identifies and prevents the installation of rogue software by accurately distinguishing between legitimate and illegitimate applications based on user interface and digital signature comparisons, protecting users from unnecessary purchases and potential harm.

Problems solved by technology

The conventional anti-virus and / or malware-detection applications may not adequately protect a user from a rogue software because it typically does not perform any harmful actions on a computer (e.g., deleting files, accessing passwords, etc.), and hence, may not be detected by the conventional applications.
These features are compared with the known features of legitimate products, and a potentially rogue software is detected if the extracted features and the known features are similar but do not match exactly or nearly exactly.

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[0020]Referring to FIG. 1, a computing device 100 on which various embodiments of the invention may be implemented includes a stored memory 105, one or more processors 110 and a display 315. In some embodiments, the device may include other components such as user input mechanisms such as a keyboard, mouse, pointer and the like. In other cases (or in combination with these input mechanisms) the display 115 may also provide user input functionality using, for example, touch screen technology as known in the art. Although FIG. 1 shows a single device 100, this are illustrative only and is meant to include devices such as cell phones, smart phones, netbooks, wireless devices, gaming consoles, pad computers and / or personal digital assistants (PDAs). The device 100 is typically connected to a communication network (e.g., a private network, a local-area network, a wireless network, the Internet, etc.) in order to send and receive messages and data from other devices.

[0021]The stored memor...

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Abstract

Software applications are analyzed to determine if they are legitimate applications and warnings are provided to users to avoid installation and / or purchases of unnecessary and / or potentially harmful software based on comparisons of user-interface characteristics of the software applications to visual characteristics of authentic applications to determine to what extent they match (or do not match) or are attempting to mirror the legitimate application.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The invention relates generally to computer security, and, more specifically, the identification of rogue software applications that deceive users into purchasing the rogue software.BACKGROUND[0002]The advance of computer and networking technologies has resulted in a significant increase in the number of people who use computers in their daily lives to conduct business, communicate with friends and co-workers, and store information. In performing these functions, users are often required to provide personally-identifiable and / or sensitive private information such as user names, passwords, account numbers, birth dates, social security numbers and credit card numbers. Because this information can be used for nefarious purposes, such as stealing identities, executing fraudulent purchases and other similar schemes, an entire class of software has evolved with the sole purpose of covertly gathering and transmitting this information to third parties. Such softw...

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Patent Type & AuthorityApplications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F21/55G06F21/52
CPCG06F21/52G06F21/55G06F21/564G06F21/566
InventorBEN-ITZHAK, YUVALOSIS, KASPARSBOZ, MIKE
OwnerAVAST SOFTWARE